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Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Recordings (Remastered)

Continuing Contemporary Records’ 70th anniversary celebration, Craft Recordings is proud to announce the release of the double album, "Ornette Coleman – Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary". Largely avoided by his colleagues on the L.A. jazz scene in the late 1950s, Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) found an open door at Contemporary Records, where the label’s founder Lester Koenig was intrigued by his melodic sensibility and ...

Genre: Jazz

Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz

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Amen

The sixth album Konstantin Gropper mulls over the words carefully as he contemplates the imminent release of AMEN, his latest full-length release as GET WELL SOON. “It’s the pandemic album, of course!” His isn’t the first, and it won’t be the last, but AMEN – much of it written and recorded since the world was forced to shut down in his private basement and an isolated holiday ...

Genre: Alternative

Subgenre: Indie Rock

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Dissonance

Following her triumphs on the stages of the Salzburg and Bayreuth festivals and at Covent Garden, Asmik Grigorian now belongs to the world’s vocal elite. She joins Alpha Classics for several projects and presents here her very first recital, devoted to one of her favourite composers, Sergei Rachmaninov. ...

Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov (1873–1943)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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Study of the Invisible

Vanessa Wagner continues her exploration of the minimalist repertoire by introducing her audience to pieces, many rare or unpublished, by acclaimed composers, young pianists, and genre-bending personalities from the ambient and electronic scenes. In France or even Europe, Vanessa Wagner is practically the only classical pianist to tackle ...

Composer: Suzanne Ciani (b.1946), Harold Budd (b.1936), Bryce Dessner (b.1976), David Lang (b.1957), Roger Eno (b.1959), Brian Eno (b.1948), Philip Glass (b.1937), Julia Wolfe (b.1958), Caroline Shaw (b.1982), Moondog (1916-1999), Timo Andres (b.1985), Peter Garland (b.1952), Nico Muhly (b.1981), Ezio Bosso (1971-2020), Melaine Dalibert (b.1979)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Minimalism

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Cairo Jazz Station

These young musicians from Egypt, Turkey, Portugal and Italy bridge the distance between the shores and sonic worlds of a rapidly changing region. Their first album, recorded in Paris, blends both timbres and backgrounds in a unique artistic collaboration with Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, supported by Abu Dhabi Festival ....

Genre: Jazz

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Sentiment

Born in 1994, bassoonist Mathis Stier not only won second prize at the 2019 ARD Competition, but was also awarded the coveted Audience Prize. Mathis Stier has a natural affinity with the music of the 18th century and the three works which he has chosen for his ALPHA debut demonstrate its principal characteristics: Baroque, ...

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Concertos

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Salute to the Violin

Timothy Hopkins, born in 1995, is a German/American cellist living in Germany. A special interest for him lies in performing arrangements and transcriptions of pieces from other instrument’s literatures to the cello. Examples are his own arrangement of the Chaconne from the second violin Partita by ...

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43, Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63

Sibelius’s 2nd symphony of 1902 represents a big step forward in his development as a symphonist. The presence of Tchaikovsky in the 1st symphony has receded, and the big themes, though present, are not so much big statements, but thematic fragments driven by harmonic tensions through which the composer takes the listener on an eventful journey. ...

Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Orchestral

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The Beautiful Unknown

After 30 years living in the US, between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, Matt Goss has decided it's time to return home to London. Goss' new solo album "The Beautiful Unknown" will launch an exciting new solo chapter in the British pop music legend's career, following a resurgence of recognition off the back of 2018's BAFTA winning documentary After The ...

Genre: Pop

Subgenre: Pop Rock

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Anarchy and Unity (Bonus Track Edition)

UK rockers VEGA are back with “Anarchy and Unity,” their seventh studio album overall and the culmination of a string of releases which started in 2009 with their debut album “Kiss of Life”. The new album, while not a departure from the band’s defined and classy sound, shows a band determined, mature, and ready for the next ...

Genre: Rock

Subgenre: Hard Rock

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The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Commentary)

Why would one of poetry’s most revered voices want to curate a jazz saxophonist’s album of gospel hymns and spirituals? “These songs are so important,” says Nikki Giovanni, one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 “Living Legends” and a Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2017. “They comforted people through times of slavery, and during recent years we needed them ...

Genre: Jazz

Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz

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Main Offender (2021 Deluxe Edition Remaster)

Keith Richards führt die Wiederveröffentlichung seines Solokatalogs fort und veröffentlicht sein zweites Studioalbum "Main Offender" neu, mit brandneuem Remaster und einem Livealbum aus 1992. Mit „Main Offender“ legt Keith Richards nun das nächste Glanzstück aus seiner umfangreichen Schatzsammlung vor, das auf den Release des im vergangenen Jahr erschienenen „Live At The Hollywood Palladium“ und das 2019 veröffentlichte, ...

“Main Offender,” the second solo album by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, was released in 1992. To mark the record’s 30th anniversary, BMG is re-releasing “Main Offender”. Beyond the original album, which has been remastered for the re-release, the deluxe versions also include the previously unreleased concert “Winos Live In London ‘92”. ...

Genre: Rock

Subgenre: Classic Rock

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 KV 207, Piano Concerto No. 8 KV. 246 "Lützow" &, Horn Concerto No. 4 KV 495

The Orpheum Foundation, which has been supporting young musicians for more than thirty years, has joined forces with Alpha Classics for a complete series of recordings devoted to Mozart's solo concertos. The best soloists of the young generation have been selected under the artistic direction of Howard Griffiths, a renowned Mozart ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Concertos

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 KV 216, Bassoon Concerto KV 191 & Piano Concerto No. 5 KV 175

The Orpheum Foundation, which has been supporting young musicians for more than thirty years, has joined forces with Alpha Classics for a complete series of recordings devoted to Mozart's solo concertos. The best soloists of the young generation have been selected under the artistic direction of Howard Griffiths, a renowned Mozart ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Concertos

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New Works Reflecting the Moment (Live from the SFJAZZ Center 2021)

All-star ensemble presents new music addressing racial injustices, the global pandemic, and more. Including new versions of Marvin Gaye's "Whats Going On", Abbey Lincoln's "Throw it Away," "Lift Every Voice & Sing," and others. An all-star ensemble comprising the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today, the Collective has ...

Genre: Jazz

Subgenre: Vocal

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Weinberg: String Quartets Nos. 2-4

Mieczysław Weinberg (Polish: Wajnberg) wrote his first string quartet in May 1937. In autumn 1939, he made his way in dramatic circumstances to the Soviet Union, and there, exempted from military service due to poor health, he was given the chance to continue his training in ...

Composer: Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Gershwin Country

Gershwin Country: a brand-new album from the GRAMMY®- and Emmy-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein, who reimagines the classic songs of George and Ira Gershwin through the contemporary lens of country music. Executive produced by his longtime friend and collaborator Liza Minnelli, the album pairs Feinstein with some of the ...

Composer: George Gershwin (1898–1937), Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)

Genre: Country

Subgenre: Contemporary Country

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Reeling

Dark, grungy, and beautifully intense: The Mysterines’ debut album Reeling, has a way of creating an atmosphere for the darkest corners of Rock‘n’Roll, right from the distorted opening of ‘Life’s A Bitch (But I Like It So Much)’. It’s the kind of music that you want to hear in the basement of a rock club, packed into a ...

Genre: Rock

Subgenre: Adult Alternative

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Palatín: Violin Works

Palatín belonged to a musical line that dates back to the 18th century and among whose members we find, for example, the creator of the first Spanish musical dictionary. He was born in 1852 in Seville (Spain). From a young age he showed great musical talent and mastery of the violin, so it was considered when he was ...

Composer: Fernando Palatin (1852-1927)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Dance With Me

This album celebrates dance music, from waltz to tango, from slow foxtrot to quickstep, from samba to jive. Seventy years of music rooted in the 1920s, assembled by the enthusiastic musicians of the Ludwig Orchestra, who have taken to playing them at festivals, alongside their usual programmes devoted to ...

Composer: Glenn Miller (1904-1944), Pablo Beltran Ruiz (1915-2008), Kurt Weill (1900-1950), Barry Manilow (1943), George Hamilton Green (1893-1970), Robert Stolz (1880-1975), John Schönberger (1892-1983), Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Frederick Loewe (1901-1988), Wingy Manone (1900-1982), Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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